Variations

Now that Jilly's ten months old she can start doing a bit more than straight
grids and simple bends. She was starting to get bored with the same
thing and so I gave her some easy circles to do.

We're still using the puppy bumps but this time they're
arranged in a circle. We can start and finish anywhere in the circle
and this is great for training. It gets rid of the idea that there's a
finish jump and so the dog keeps working until you say stop.

Here I've also used a low pole. It's set at 15cm and
so is well within Jilly's capabilities.

Here's a clip of
Jilly doing a simple circle.

Next we did an easy sequence laid out in a simple shape.

I used a tunnel to give Jilly a bit of variety and to make it easy for her.
We had a bit of trouble with sniffing at first so I used a toy to keep her
interest and so that I could throw it over the "jumps" at the end and keep
her going on.